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absolute pressure

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English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈpɹɜ.ʃɚ/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈpɹɜ.ʃɚ/

Noun

absolute pressure

(physics, meteorology) Total pressure in a fluid equivalent to the sum of the gage and the atmospheric pressures.^[1]

Translations

pressure caused by weight of the atmosphere

Spanish: presión absoluta f

References

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6

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